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Alawfi MS, Alzahrani DA, Albokhari EJ. Complete plastome genomes of three medicinal heliotropiaceae species: comparative analyses and phylogenetic relationships. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:654. [PMID: 38987665 PMCID: PMC11234707 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05388-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Heliotropiaceae is a family of the order Boraginales and has over 450 species. The members of the family Heliotropiaceae have been widely reported to be used in traditional medicine Over time, the classification of Heliotropiaceae has remained uncertain and has moved from family to subfamily, or conversely. RESULTS In the present study, we sequenced, analyzed, and compared the complete plastomes of Euploca strigosa, Heliotropium arbainense, and Heliotropium longiflorum with the genomes of related taxa. The lengths of the plastomes of E. strigosa, H. arbainense, and H. longiflorum were 155,174 bp, 154,709 bp, and 154,496 bp, respectively. Each plastome consisted of 114 genes: 80 protein-coding genes, 4 ribosomal RNA genes, and 30 transfer RNA genes. The long repeats analysis indicated that reverse, palindromic, complement and forward repeats were all found in the three plastomes. The simple repeats analysis showed that the plastomes of E. strigosa, H. arbainense, and H. longiflorum contained 158, 165, and 151 microsatellites, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis confirmed two major clades in the Boraginales: clade I comprised Boraginaceae, while clade II included Heliotropiaceae, Ehretiaceae, Lennoaceae, and Cordiaceae. Inside the family Heliotropiaceae, E. strigosa is nested within the Heliotropium genus. CONCLUSIONS This study expands our knowledge of the evolutionary relationships within Heliotropiaceae and offers useful genetic resources.
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- Mohammad S Alawfi
- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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Wang Y, Wei Q, Xue T, He S, Fang J, Zeng C. Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genomes of 10 Artemisia selengensis resources based on high-throughput sequencing. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:561. [PMID: 38840044 PMCID: PMC11151499 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10455-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Artemisia selengensis, classified within the genus Artemisia of the Asteraceae family, is a perennial herb recognized for its dual utility in culinary and medicinal domains. There are few studies on the chloroplast genome of A. selengensis, and the phylogeographic classification is vague, which makes phylogenetic analysis and evolutionary studies very difficult. RESULTS The chloroplast genomes of 10 A. selengensis in this study were highly conserved in terms of gene content, gene order, and gene intron number. The genome lengths ranged from 151,148 to 151,257 bp and were typical of a quadripartite structure with a total GC content of approximately 37.5%. The chloroplast genomes of all species encode 133 genes, including 88 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Due to the contraction and expansion of the inverted repeats (IR), the overlap of ycf1 and ndhF genes occurred at the inverted repeats B (IRB) and short single copy sequence (SSC) boundaries. According to a codon use study, the frequent base in the chloroplast genome of A. selengensis' third codon position was A/T. The number of SSR repeats was 42-44, most of which were single nucleotide A/T repeats. Sequence alignment analysis of the chloroplast genome showed that variable regions were mainly distributed in single copy regions, nucleotide diversity values of 0 to 0.009 were calculated by sliding window analysis, 8 mutation hotspot regions were detected, and coding regions were more conserved than non-coding regions. Analysis of non-synonymous substitution (Ka) and synonymous substitution (Ks) revealed that accD, rps12, petB, and atpF genes were affected by positive selection and no genes were affected by neutral selection. Based on the findings of the phylogenetic analysis, Artemisia selengensis was sister to the genus Artemisia Chrysanthemum and formed a monophyletic group with other Artemisia genera. CONCLUSIONS In this research, the present study systematically compared the chloroplast genomic features of A. selengensis and provided important information for the study of the chloroplast genome of A. selengensis and the evolutionary relationships among Asteraceae species.
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- Yuhang Wang
- Hubei Engineering Research Center for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Hanjiang River Basin, School of Life Science, Jianghan University, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Engineering Research Center for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Hanjiang River Basin, School of Life Science, Jianghan University, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Engineering Research Center for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Hanjiang River Basin, School of Life Science, Jianghan University, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Engineering Research Center for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Hanjiang River Basin, School of Life Science, Jianghan University, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Medicine, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Engineering Research Center for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Hanjiang River Basin, School of Life Science, Jianghan University, Jianghan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Kharabian-Masouleh A, Furtado A, Alsubaie B, Al-Dossary O, Wu A, Al-Mssalem I, Henry R. Loss of plastid ndh genes in an autotrophic desert plant. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2023; 21:5016-5027. [PMID: 37867970 PMCID: PMC10589726 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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Plant plastid genomes are highly conserved with most flowering plants having the same complement of essential plastid genes. Here, we report the loss of five of the eleven NADH dehydrogenase subunit genes (ndh) in the plastid of a desert plant jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis). The plastid genome of jojoba was 156,496 bp with one large single copy region (LSC), a very small single copy region (SSC) and two expanded inverted repeats (IRA + IRB). The NADH dehydrogenase (NDH) complex is comprised of several protein subunits, encoded by the ndh genes of the plastome and the nucleus. The ndh genes are critical to the proper functioning of the photosynthetic electron transport chain and protection of plants from oxidative stress. Most plants are known to contain all eleven ndh genes. Plants with missing or defective ndh genes are often heterotrophs either due to their complete or holo- or myco- parasitic nature. Plants with a defective NDH complex, caused by the deletion/pseudogenisation of some or all the ndh genes, survive in milder climates suggesting the likely extinction of plant lineages lacking these genes under harsh climates. Interestingly, some autotrophic plants do exist without ndh gene/s and can cope with high or low light. This implies that these plants are protected from oxidative stress by mechanisms excluding ndh genes. Jojoba has evolved mechanisms to cope with a non-functioning NDH complex and survives in extreme desert conditions with abundant sunlight and limited water.
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- Ardashir Kharabian-Masouleh
- Queensland Alliance for Innovation in Food and Agriculture (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland, Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Innovation in Food and Agriculture (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Innovation in Food and Agriculture (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University (KFU), Al Hofuf, 36362 Saudi Arabia
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- Queensland Alliance for Innovation in Food and Agriculture (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University (KFU), Al Hofuf, 36362 Saudi Arabia
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- Queensland Alliance for Innovation in Food and Agriculture (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University (KFU), Al Hofuf, 36362 Saudi Arabia
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- Queensland Alliance for Innovation in Food and Agriculture (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland, Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Yuan S, Nie C, Jia S, Liu T, Zhao J, Peng J, Kong W, Liu W, Gou W, Lei X, Xiong Y, Xiong Y, Yu Q, Ling Y, Ma X. Complete chloroplast genomes of three wild perennial Hordeum species from Central Asia: genome structure, mutation hotspot, phylogenetic relationships, and comparative analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1170004. [PMID: 37554563 PMCID: PMC10405828 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1170004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Hordeum L. is widely distributed in mountain or plateau of subtropical and warm temperate regions around the world. Three wild perennial Hordeum species, including H. bogdanii, H. brevisubulatum, and H. violaceum, have been used as forage and for grassland ecological restoration in high-altitude areas in recent years. To date, the degree of interspecies sequence variation in the three Hordeum species within existing gene pools is still not well-defined. Herein, we sequenced and assembled chloroplast (cp) genomes of the three species. The results revealed that the cp genome of H. bogdanii showed certain sequence variations compared with the cp genomes of the other two species (H. brevisubulatum and H. violaceum), and the latter two were characterized by a higher relative affinity. Parity rule 2 plot (PR2) analysis illuminated that most genes of all ten Hordeum species were concentrated in nucleotide T and G. Numerous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and insertion/deletion (In/Del) events were detected in the three Hordeum species. A series of hotspots regions (tRNA-GGU ~ tRNA-GCA, tRNA-UGU ~ ndhJ, psbE ~ rps18, ndhF ~ tRNA-UAG, etc.) were identified by mVISTA procedures, and the five highly polymorphic genes (tRNA-UGC, tRNA-UAA, tRNA-UUU, tRNA-UAC, and ndhA) were proved by the nucleotide diversity (Pi). Although the distribution and existence of cp simple sequence repeats (cpSSRs) were predicted in the three Hordeum cp genomes, no rearrangement was found between them. A similar phenomenon has been found in the cp genome of the other seven Hordeum species, which has been published so far. In addition, evolutionary relationships were reappraised based on the currently reported cp genome of Hordeum L. This study offers a framework for gaining a better understanding of the evolutionary history of Hordeum species through the re-examination of their cp genomes, and by identifying highly polymorphic genes and hotspot regions that could provide important insights into the genetic diversity and differentiation of these species.
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- Shuai Yuan
- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Academy of Grassland Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Academy of Grassland Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Academy of Grassland Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Xia Y, Wu H, Li S. The first chloroplast sequence of Rosa davurica Pall. var. Davurica. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2023; 8:668-672. [PMID: 37325773 PMCID: PMC10266123 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2220431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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Rosa davurica Pall. var. davurica is a member of the plant family Rosaceae. Although R. davurica has high application value, its chloroplast genome sequence has not been reported. This study aims to reveal the genetic characteristics of the chloroplast genome of Rosa roxburghii. The length of its total chloroplast DNA is 156,971 bp, with 37.22% G/C content. Its chloroplast genome has two inverted repeat (IRa and IRb) regions totaling 26,051 bp which are separated by a large single copy (LSC) region of 86,032 bp and a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,837 bp. The genome contains 131 independent genes (86 protein-coding, 37 tRNA, and 8 rRNA), and there are 18 repeated genes within the IR region. Among these genes, 17 genes contained one or two introns. The phylogenetic analysis showed that R. davurica was relatively close to other Rosa species, such as the Rosa hybrid.
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- Yongxiu Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Experimental Center of Forestry in North China, National Permanent Scientific Research Base for Warm Temperate Zone Forestry of Jiulong Mountain in Beijing, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Management Center of Songshushan Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia, China (Songshushan Forestry Center, Wengniute Banner)
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Experimental Center of Forestry in North China, National Permanent Scientific Research Base for Warm Temperate Zone Forestry of Jiulong Mountain in Beijing, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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Li L, Wang W, Zhang G, Wu K, Fang L, Li M, Liu Z, Zeng S. Comparative analyses and phylogenetic relationships of thirteen Pholidota species (Orchidaceae) inferred from complete chloroplast genomes. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:269. [PMID: 37210501 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04233-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND The orchid genus Pholidota Lindl. ex Hook. is economically important as some species has long been used in traditional medicine. However, the systematic status of the genus and intergeneric relationships inferred from previous molecular studies are unclear due to insufficient sampling and lack of informative sites. So far, only limited genomic information has been available. The taxonomy of Pholidota remains unresolved and somewhat controversial. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp.) genomes of thirteen Pholidota species were sequenced and analyzed to gain insight into the phylogeny of Pholidota and mutation patterns in their cp. genomes. RESULTS All examined thirteen Pholidota cp. genomes exhibited typical quadripartite circular structures, with the size ranging from 158,786 to 159,781 bp. The annotation contained a total of 135 genes in each cp. genome, i.e., 89 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. The codon usage analysis indicated the preference of A/U-ending codons. Repeat sequence analysis identified 444 tandem repeats, 322 palindromic repeats and 189 dispersed repeats. A total of 525 SSRs, 13,834 SNPs and 8,630 InDels were detected. Six mutational hotspots were identified as potential molecular markers. These molecular markers and highly variable regions are expected to facilitate future genetic and genomic studies. Our phylogenetic analyses confirmed the polyphyletic status of the genus Pholidota, with species grouped into four main clades: Pholidota s.s. was resolved as the sister to a clade containing species of Coelogyne; the other two clades clustered together with species of Bulleyia and Panisea, respectively; species P. ventricosa was placed at the basal position, deviated from all other species. CONCLUSION This is the first study to comprehensively examine the genetic variations and systematically analyze the phylogeny and evolution of Pholidota based on plastid genomic data. These findings contribute to a better understanding of plastid genome evolution of Pholidota and provide new insights into the phylogeny of Pholidota and its closely related genera within the subtribe Coelogyninae. Our research has laid the foundation for future studies on the evolutionary mechanisms and classification of this economically and medicinally important genus.
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- Lin Li
- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Centre of China, Shenzhen, 518114, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Guangzhou Bio & Data Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, 510555, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Zhou L, Chen T, Qiu X, Liu J, Guo S. Evolutionary differences in gene loss and pseudogenization among mycoheterotrophic orchids in the tribe Vanilleae (subfamily Vanilloideae). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1160446. [PMID: 37035052 PMCID: PMC10073425 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1160446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Galeola lindleyana is a mycoheterotrophic orchid belonging to the tribe Vanilleae within the subfamily Vanilloideae. METHODS In this study, the G. lindleyana plastome was assembled and annotated, and compared with other Vanilleae orchids, revealing the evolutionary variations between the photoautotrophic and mycoheterotrophic plastomes. RESULTS The G. lindleyana plastome was found to include 32 protein-coding genes, 16 tRNA genes and four ribosomal RNA genes, including 11 pseudogenes. Almost all of the genes encoding photosynthesis have been lost physically or functionally, with the exception of six genes encoding ATP synthase and psaJ in photosystem I. The length of the G. lindleyana plastome has decreased to 100,749 bp, while still retaining its typical quadripartite structure. Compared with the photoautotrophic Vanilloideae plastomes, the inverted repeat (IR) regions and the large single copy (LSC) region of the mycoheterotrophic orchid's plastome have contracted, while the small single copy (SSC) region has expanded significantly. Moreover, the difference in length between the two ndhB genes was found to be 682 bp, with one of them spanning the IRb/SSC boundary. The Vanilloideae plastomes were varied in their structural organization, gene arrangement, and gene content. Even the Cyrtosia septentrionalis plastome which was found to be closest in length to the G. lindleyana plastome, differed in terms of its gene arrangement and gene content. In the LSC region, the psbA, psbK, atpA and psaB retained in the G. lindleyana plastome were missing in the C. septentrionalis plastome, while, the matK, rps16, and atpF were incomplete in the C. septentrionalis plastome, yet still complete in that of the G. lindleyana. Lastly, compared with the G. lindleyana plastome, a 15 kb region located in the SSC area between ndhB-rrn16S was found to be inverted in the C. septentrionalis plastome. These changes in gene content, gene arrangment and gene structure shed light on the polyphyletic evolution of photoautotrophic orchid plastomes to mycoheterotrophic orchid plastomes. DISCUSSION Thus, this study's decoding of the mycoheterotrophic G. lindleyana plastome provides valuable resource data for future research and conservation of endangered orchids.
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- *Correspondence: Jinxin Liu, ; Shunxing Guo,
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Zhang Z, Zhang DS, Zou L, Yao CY. Comparison of chloroplast genomes and phylogenomics in the Ficus sarmentosa complex (Moraceae). PLoS One 2022; 17:e0279849. [PMID: 36584179 PMCID: PMC9803296 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Due to maternal inheritance and minimal rearrangement, the chloroplast genome is an important genetic resource for evolutionary studies. However, the evolutionary dynamics and phylogenetic performance of chloroplast genomes in closely related species are poorly characterized, particularly in taxonomically complex and species-rich groups. The taxonomically unresolved Ficus sarmentosa species complex (Moraceae) comprises approximately 20 taxa with unclear genetic background. In this study, we explored the evolutionary dynamics, hotspot loci, and phylogenetic performance of thirteen chloroplast genomes (including eleven newly obtained and two downloaded from NCBI) representing the F. sarmentosa complex. Their sequence lengths, IR boundaries, repeat sequences, and codon usage were compared. Both sequence length and IR boundaries were found to be highly conserved. All four categories of long repeat sequences were found across all 13 chloroplast genomes, with palindromic and forward sequences being the most common. The number of simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci varied from 175 (F. dinganensis and F. howii) to 190 (F. polynervis), with the dinucleotide motif appearing the most frequently. Relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) analysis indicated that codons ending with A/T were prior to those ending with C/T. The majority of coding sequence regions were found to have undergone negative selection with the exception of ten genes (accD, clpP, ndhK, rbcL, rpl20, rpl22, rpl23, rpoC1, rps15, and rps4) which exhibited potential positive selective signatures. Five hypervariable genic regions (rps15, ycf1, rpoA, ndhF, and rpl22) and five hypervariable intergenic regions (trnH-GUG-psbA, rpl32-trnL-UAG, psbZ-trnG-GCC, trnK-UUU-rps16 and ndhF-rpl32) were identified. Overall, phylogenomic analysis based on 123 Ficus chloroplast genomes showed promise for studying the evolutionary relationships in Ficus, despite cyto-nuclear discordance. Furthermore, based on the phylogenetic performance of the F. sarmentosa complex and F. auriculata complex, the chloroplast genome also exhibited a promising phylogenetic resolution in closely related species.
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- Zhen Zhang
- College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China,* E-mail:
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Hu C, Jiao Z, Deng X, Tu X, Lu A, Xie C, Jiang K, Zeng X, Liu ZJ, Huang W, Luo Y. The ecological adaptation of the unparalleled plastome character evolution in slipper orchids. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1075098. [PMID: 36605947 PMCID: PMC9808092 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1075098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Plastomes may have undergone adaptive evolution in the process of plant adaptation to diverse environments, whereby species may differ in plastome characters. Cypripedioideae successfully colonized distinct environments and could be an ideal group for studying the interspecific variation and adaptive evolution of plastomes. Comparative study of plastomes, ancestral state reconstruction, phylogenetic-based analysis, ecological niche modelling, and selective pressure analysis were conducted to reveal the evolutionary patterns of plastomes in Cypripedioideae and their relationship with environmental factors. The plastomes of the three evolved genera had reduced plastome size, increased GC content, and compacted gene content compared to the basal group. Variations in plastome size and GC content are proved to have clear relationships with climate regions. Furthermore, ecological niche modelling revealed that temperature and water factors are important climatic factors contributing to the distributional difference which is directly correlated with the climate regions. The temperature-sensitive genes ndh genes, infA, and rpl20 were found to be either lost/pseudogenized or under positive selection in the evolved groups. Unparalleled plastome character variations were discovered in slipper orchids. Our study indicates that variations in plastome characters have adaptive consequences and that temperature and water factors are important climatic factors that affect plastome evolution. This research highlights the expectation that plants can facilitate adaptation to different environmental conditions with the changes in plastome and has added critical insight for understanding the process of plastome evolution in plants.
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- Chao Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Orchid Conservation and Utilization of National Forestry and Grassland Administration at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Orchid Conservation and Utilization of National Forestry and Grassland Administration at College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
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Song C, Wang Y, Manzoor MA, Mao D, Wei P, Cao Y, Zhu F. In-depth analysis of genomes and functional genomics of orchid using cutting-edge high-throughput sequencing. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1018029. [PMID: 36212315 PMCID: PMC9539832 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1018029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
High-throughput sequencing technology has been facilitated the development of new methodologies and approaches for studying the origin and evolution of plant genomes and subgenomes, population domestication, and functional genomics. Orchids have tens of thousands of members in nature. Many of them have promising application potential in the extension and conservation of the ecological chain, the horticultural use of ornamental blossoms, and the utilization of botanical medicines. However, a large-scale gene knockout mutant library and a sophisticated genetic transformation system are still lacking in the improvement of orchid germplasm resources. New gene editing tools, such as the favored CRISPR-Cas9 or some base editors, have not yet been widely applied in orchids. In addition to a large variety of orchid cultivars, the high-precision, high-throughput genome sequencing technology is also required for the mining of trait-related functional genes. Nowadays, the focus of orchid genomics research has been directed to the origin and classification of species, genome evolution and deletion, gene duplication and chromosomal polyploidy, and flower morphogenesis-related regulation. Here, the progressing achieved in orchid molecular biology and genomics over the past few decades have been discussed, including the evolution of genome size and polyploidization. The frequent incorporation of LTR retrotransposons play important role in the expansion and structural variation of the orchid genome. The large-scale gene duplication event of the nuclear genome generated plenty of recently tandem duplicated genes, which drove the evolution and functional divergency of new genes. The evolution and loss of the plastid genome, which mostly affected genes related to photosynthesis and autotrophy, demonstrated that orchids have experienced more separate transitions to heterotrophy than any other terrestrial plant. Moreover, large-scale resequencing provide useful SNP markers for constructing genetic maps, which will facilitate the breeding of novel orchid varieties. The significance of high-throughput sequencing and gene editing technologies in the identification and molecular breeding of the trait-related genes in orchids provides us with a representative trait-improving gene as well as some mechanisms worthy of further investigation. In addition, gene editing has promise for the improvement of orchid genetic transformation and the investigation of gene function. This knowledge may provide a scientific reference and theoretical basis for orchid genome studies.
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- Cheng Song
- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- Albrecht Daniel Thaer Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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Huang KY, Kan SL, Shen TT, Gong P, Feng YY, Du H, Zhao YP, Wan T, Wang XQ, Ran JH. A Comprehensive Evolutionary Study of Chloroplast RNA Editing in Gymnosperms: A Novel Type of G-to-A RNA Editing Is Common in Gymnosperms. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810844. [PMID: 36142757 PMCID: PMC9505161 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Although more than 9100 plant plastomes have been sequenced, RNA editing sites of the whole plastome have been experimentally verified in only approximately 21 species, which seriously hampers the comprehensive evolutionary study of chloroplast RNA editing. We investigated the evolutionary pattern of chloroplast RNA editing sites in 19 species from all 13 families of gymnosperms based on a combination of genomic and transcriptomic data. We found that the chloroplast C-to-U RNA editing sites of gymnosperms shared many common characteristics with those of other land plants, but also exhibited many unique characteristics. In contrast to that noted in angiosperms, the density of RNA editing sites in ndh genes was not the highest in the sampled gymnosperms, and both loss and gain events at editing sites occurred frequently during the evolution of gymnosperms. In addition, GC content and plastomic size were positively correlated with the number of chloroplast RNA editing sites in gymnosperms, suggesting that the increase in GC content could provide more materials for RNA editing and facilitate the evolution of RNA editing in land plants or vice versa. Interestingly, novel G-to-A RNA editing events were commonly found in all sampled gymnosperm species, and G-to-A RNA editing exhibits many different characteristics from C-to-U RNA editing in gymnosperms. This study revealed a comprehensive evolutionary scenario for chloroplast RNA editing sites in gymnosperms, and reported that a novel type of G-to-A RNA editing is prevalent in gymnosperms.
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- Kai-Yuan Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- School of Earth Sciences, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Dong X, Mkala EM, Mutinda ES, Yang JX, Wanga VO, Oulo MA, Onjolo VO, Hu GW, Wang QF. Taxonomy, comparative genomics of Mullein (Verbascum, Scrophulariaceae), with implications for the evolution of Verbascum and Lamiales. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:566. [PMID: 35941527 PMCID: PMC9358837 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08799-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The genus Verbascum L. (Scrophulariaceae) is distributed in Africa, Europe, and parts of Asia, with the Mediterranean having the most species variety. Several researchers have already worked on the phylogenetic and taxonomic analysis of Verbascum by using ITS data and chloroplast genome fragments and have produced different conclusions. The taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of this genus are unclear. RESULTS The complete plastomes (cp) lengths for V. chaixii, V. songaricum, V. phoeniceum, V. blattaria, V. sinaiticum, V. thapsus, and V. brevipedicellatum ranged from 153,014 to 153,481 bp. The cp coded 114 unique genes comprising of 80 protein-coding genes, four ribosomal RNA (rRNA), and 30 tRNA genes. We detected variations in the repeat structures, gene expansion on the inverted repeat, and single copy (IR/SC) boundary regions. The substitution rate analysis indicated that some genes were under purifying selection pressure. Phylogenetic analysis supported the sister relationship of (Lentibulariaceae + Acanthaceae + Bignoniaceae + Verbenaceae + Pedaliaceae) and (Lamiaceae + Phyrymaceae + Orobanchaceae + Paulowniaceae + Mazaceae) in Lamiales. Within Scrophulariaceae, Verbascum was sister to Scrophularia, while Buddleja formed a monophyletic clade from (Scrophularia + Verbascum) with high bootstrap support values. The relationship of the nine species within Verbascum was highly supported. CONCLUSION Based on the phylogenetic results, we proposed to reinstate the species status of V. brevipedicellatum (Engl.) Hub.-Mor. Additionally, three genera (Mazus, Lancea, and Dodartia) placed in the Phyrymaceae family formed a separate clade within Lamiaceae. The classification of the three genera was supported by previous studies. Thus, the current study also suggests the circumscription of these genera as documented previously to be reinstated. The divergence time of Lamiales was approximated to be 86.28 million years ago (Ma) (95% highest posterior density (HPD), 85.12-89.91 Ma). The complete plastomes sequence data of the Verbascum species will be important for understanding the Verbascum phylogenetic relationships and evolution in order Lamiales.
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- Xiang Dong
- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China.,East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O Box 451660-0100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China. .,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN-100049, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.,Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, CN-430074, China
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Nanjala C, Wanga VO, Odago W, Mutinda ES, Waswa EN, Oulo MA, Mkala EM, Kuja J, Yang JX, Dong X, Hu GW, Wang QF. Plastome structure of 8 Calanthe s.l. species (Orchidaceae): comparative genomics, phylogenetic analysis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:387. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03736-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
Abstract
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Background
Calanthe (Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae) is a pantropical genus distributed in Asia and Africa. Its species are of great importance in terms of economic, ornamental and medicinal values. However, due to limited and confusing delimitation characters, the taxonomy of the Calanthe alliance (Calanthe, Cephalantheropsis, and Phaius) has not been sufficiently resolved. Additionally, the limited genomic information has shown incongruences in its systematics and phylogeny. In this study, we used illumina platform sequencing, performed a de novo assembly, and did a comparative analysis of 8 Calanthe group species' plastomes: 6 Calanthe and 2 Phaius species. Phylogenetic analyses were used to reconstruct the relationships of the species as well as with other species of the family Orchidaceae.
Results
The complete plastomes of the Calanthe group species have a quadripartite structure with varied sizes ranging between 150,105bp-158,714bp, including a large single-copy region (LSC; 83,364bp- 87,450bp), a small single-copy region (SSC; 16,297bp -18,586bp), and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs; 25,222bp - 26,430bp). The overall GC content of these plastomes ranged between 36.6-36.9%. These plastomes encoded 131-134 differential genes, which included 85-88 protein-coding genes, 37-38 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Comparative analysis showed no significant variations in terms of their sequences, gene content, gene order, sequence repeats and the GC content hence highly conserved. However, some genes were lost in C. delavayi (P. delavayi), including ndhC, ndhF, and ndhK genes. Compared to the coding regions, the non-coding regions had more sequence repeats hence important for species DNA barcoding. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a paraphyletic relationship in the Calanthe group, and confirmed the position of Phaius delavayi in the genus Calanthe as opposed to its previous placement in Phaius.
Conclusion
This study provides a report on the complete plastomes of 6 Calanthe and 2 Phaius species and elucidates the structural characteristics of the plastomes. It also highlights the power of plastome data to resolve phylogenetic relationships and clarifies taxonomic disputes among closely related species to improve our understanding of their systematics and evolution. Furthermore, it also provides valuable genetic resources and a basis for studying evolutionary relationships and population genetics among orchid species.
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Nanjala C, Wanga VO, Odago W, Mutinda ES, Waswa EN, Oulo MA, Mkala EM, Kuja J, Yang JX, Dong X, Hu GW, Wang QF. Plastome structure of 8 Calanthe s.l. species (Orchidaceae): comparative genomics, phylogenetic analysis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:387. [PMID: 35918646 PMCID: PMC9347164 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03736-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Calanthe (Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae) is a pantropical genus distributed in Asia and Africa. Its species are of great importance in terms of economic, ornamental and medicinal values. However, due to limited and confusing delimitation characters, the taxonomy of the Calanthe alliance (Calanthe, Cephalantheropsis, and Phaius) has not been sufficiently resolved. Additionally, the limited genomic information has shown incongruences in its systematics and phylogeny. In this study, we used illumina platform sequencing, performed a de novo assembly, and did a comparative analysis of 8 Calanthe group species' plastomes: 6 Calanthe and 2 Phaius species. Phylogenetic analyses were used to reconstruct the relationships of the species as well as with other species of the family Orchidaceae. RESULTS The complete plastomes of the Calanthe group species have a quadripartite structure with varied sizes ranging between 150,105bp-158,714bp, including a large single-copy region (LSC; 83,364bp- 87,450bp), a small single-copy region (SSC; 16,297bp -18,586bp), and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRs; 25,222bp - 26,430bp). The overall GC content of these plastomes ranged between 36.6-36.9%. These plastomes encoded 131-134 differential genes, which included 85-88 protein-coding genes, 37-38 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Comparative analysis showed no significant variations in terms of their sequences, gene content, gene order, sequence repeats and the GC content hence highly conserved. However, some genes were lost in C. delavayi (P. delavayi), including ndhC, ndhF, and ndhK genes. Compared to the coding regions, the non-coding regions had more sequence repeats hence important for species DNA barcoding. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a paraphyletic relationship in the Calanthe group, and confirmed the position of Phaius delavayi in the genus Calanthe as opposed to its previous placement in Phaius. CONCLUSION This study provides a report on the complete plastomes of 6 Calanthe and 2 Phaius species and elucidates the structural characteristics of the plastomes. It also highlights the power of plastome data to resolve phylogenetic relationships and clarifies taxonomic disputes among closely related species to improve our understanding of their systematics and evolution. Furthermore, it also provides valuable genetic resources and a basis for studying evolutionary relationships and population genetics among orchid species.
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- Consolata Nanjala
- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074 China
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Zhe M, Zhang L, Liu F, Huang Y, Fan W, Yang J, Zhu A. Plastid RNA editing reduction accompanied with genetic variations in Cymbidium, a genus with diverse lifestyle modes. PLANT DIVERSITY 2022; 44:316-321. [PMID: 35769591 PMCID: PMC9209865 DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2021.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent sequencing efforts have broadly uncovered the evolutionary trajectory of plastid genomes (plastomes) of flowering plants in diverse habitats, yet our knowledge of the evolution of plastid posttranscriptional modifications is limited. In this study, we generated 11 complete plastomes and performed ultra-deep transcriptome sequencing to investigate the co-evolution of plastid RNA editing and genetic variation in Cymbidium, a genus with diverse trophic lifestyles. Genome size and gene content is reduced in terrestrial and green mycoheterotrophic orchids relative to their epiphytic relatives. This could be partly due to extensive losses and pseudogenization of ndh genes for the plastid NADH dehydrogenase-like complex, but independent pseudogenization of ndh genes has also occurred in the epiphyte C. mannii, which was reported to use strong crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis. RNA editing sites are abundant but variable in number among Cymbidium plastomes. The nearly twofold variation in editing abundance is mainly due to extensive reduction of ancestral editing sites in ndh transcripts of terrestrial, mycoheterotrophic, and C. mannii plastomes. The co-occurrence of editing reduction and pseudogenization in ndh genes suggests functional constraints on editing machinery may be relaxed, leading to nonrandom loss of ancestral edited sites via reduced editing efficiency. This study represents the first systematic examination of RNA editing evolution linked to plastid genome variation in a single genus. We also propose an explanation for how genomic and posttranscriptional variations might be affected by lifestyle-associated ecological adaptation strategies in Cymbidium.
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- Mengqing Zhe
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
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Jiang H, Tian J, Yang J, Dong X, Zhong Z, Mwachala G, Zhang C, Hu G, Wang Q. Comparative and phylogenetic analyses of six Kenya Polystachya (Orchidaceae) species based on the complete chloroplast genome sequences. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:177. [PMID: 35387599 PMCID: PMC8985347 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03529-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Polystachya Hook. is a large pantropical orchid genus (c. 240 species) distributed in Africa, southern Asia and the Americas, with the center of diversity in Africa. Previous studies on species of this genus have not obtained the complete chloroplast genomes, structures and variations. Additionally, the phylogenetic position of the genus in the Orchidaceae is still controversial and uncertain. Therefore, in this study, we sequenced the complete plastomes of six Kenya Polystachya species based on genome skimming, subjected them to comparative genomic analysis, and reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships with other Orchidaceae species. RESULTS The results exhibited that the chloroplast genomes had a typical quadripartite structure with conserved genome arrangement and moderate divergence. The plastomes of the six Polystachya species ranged from 145,484 bp to 149,274 bp in length and had an almost similar GC content of 36.9-37.0%. Gene annotation revealed 106-109 single-copy genes. In addition, 19 genes are duplicated in the inverted regions, and 16 genes each possessd one or more introns. Although no large structural variations were observed among the Polystachya plastomes, about 1 kb inversion was found in Polystachya modesta and all 11 ndh genes in the Polystachya plastomes were lost or pseudogenized. Comparative analysis of the overall sequence identity among six complete chloroplast genomes confirmed that for both coding and non-coding regions in Polystachya, SC regions exhibit higher sequence variation than IRs. Furthermore, there were various amplifications in the IR regions among the six Polystachya species. Most of the protein-coding genes of these species had a high degree of codon preference. We screened out SSRs and found seven relatively highly variable loci. Moreover, 13 genes were discovered with significant positive selection. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the six Polystachya species formed a monophyletic clade and were more closely related to the tribe Vandeae. Phylogenetic relationships of the family Orchidaceae inferred from the 85 chloroplast genome sequences were generally consistent with previous studies and robust. CONCLUSIONS Our study is the initial report of the complete chloroplast genomes of the six Polystachya species, elucidates the structural characteristics of the chloroplast genome of Polystachya, and filters out highly variable sequences that can contribute to the development of DNA markers for use in the study of genetic variability and evolutionary studies in Polystachya. In addition, the phylogenetic results strongly support that the genus of Polystachya is a part of the tribe Vandeae.
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- Hui Jiang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 45166, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Sun Y, Zou P, Jiang N, Fang Y, Liu G. Comparative Analysis of the Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Nine Paphiopedilum Species. Front Genet 2022; 12:772415. [PMID: 35186004 PMCID: PMC8854857 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.772415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Paphiopedilum is known as “lady’s or Venus” slipper orchids due to its prominent shoe-shaped labellum, with high ornamental value. Phylogenetic relationships among some species in Paphiopedilum genus cannot be effectively determined by morphological features alone or through the analysis of nuclear or chloroplast DNA fragments. In order to provide aid in understanding the evolutionary and phylogenetic relationship in Paphiopedilum at chloroplast (cp) genome-scale level, the complete cp genomes of six Paphiopedilum species were newly sequenced in this study, and three other published cp genome sequences of Paphiopedilum were included in the comparative analyses. The cp genomes of the six Paphiopedilum species ranged from 154,908 bp (P. hirsutissimum) to 161,300 bp (P. victoria-mariae) in size, all constituting four-part annular structures. Analyses of the nucleotide substitutions, insertions/deletions, and simple sequence repeats in the cp genomes were conducted. Ten highly variable regions that could serve as potential DNA barcodes or phylogenetic markers for this diverse genus were identified. Sequence variations in the non-coding regions were greater than that in the conserved protein-coding regions, as well as in the large single copy (LSC) and small single copy (SSC) regions than in the inverted repeat (IR) regions. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that all Paphiopedilum species clustered in one monophyletic clade in the Cypripedioideae subfamily and then subdivided into seven smaller branches corresponding to different subgenus or sections of the genus, with high bootstrap supports, indicate that cp genome sequencing can be an effective means in resolving the complex relationship in Paphiopedilum.
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- Yin Sun
- Shandong Provincial Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China
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- Department of Botany, Guangzhou Institute of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Guangzhou, China
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- Shandong Provincial Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China
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- Department of Botany, Guangzhou Institute of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Guangzhou, China
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Sabater B. On the Edge of Dispensability, the Chloroplast ndh Genes. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:12505. [PMID: 34830386 PMCID: PMC8621559 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The polypeptides encoded by the chloroplast ndh genes and some nuclear genes form the thylakoid NADH dehydrogenase (Ndh) complex, homologous to the mitochondrial complex I. Except for Charophyceae (algae related to higher plants) and a few Prasinophyceae, all eukaryotic algae lack ndh genes. Among vascular plants, the ndh genes are absent in epiphytic and in some species scattered among different genera, families, and orders. The recent identification of many plants lacking plastid ndh genes allows comparison on phylogenetic trees and functional investigations of the ndh genes. The ndh genes protect Angiosperms under various terrestrial stresses, maintaining efficient photosynthesis. On the edge of dispensability, ndh genes provide a test for the natural selection of photosynthesis-related genes in evolution. Variable evolutionary environments place Angiosperms without ndh genes at risk of extinction and, probably, most extant ones may have lost ndh genes recently. Therefore, they are evolutionary endpoints in phylogenetic trees. The low number of sequenced plastid DNA and the long lifespan of some Gymnosperms lacking ndh genes challenge models about the role of ndh genes protecting against stress and promoting leaf senescence. Additional DNA sequencing in Gymnosperms and investigations into the molecular mechanisms of their response to stress will provide a unified model of the evolutionary and functional consequences of the lack of ndh genes.
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- Bartolomé Sabater
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain
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Alzahrani D, Albokhari E, Abba A, Yaradua S. The first complete chloroplast genome sequences in Resedaceae: Genome structure and comparative analysis. Sci Prog 2021; 104:368504211059973. [PMID: 34870493 PMCID: PMC10450604 DOI: 10.1177/00368504211059973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Caylusea hexagyna and Ochradenus baccatus are two species in the Resedaceae family. In this study, we analysed the complete plastid genomes of these two species using high-throughput sequencing technology and compared their genomic data. The length of the plastid genome of C. hexagyna was 154,390 bp while that of O. baccatus was 153,380 bp. The lengths of the inverted repeats (IR) regions were 26,526 bp and 26,558 bp, those of the large single copy (LSC) regions were 83,870 bp and 83,023 bp; and those of the small single copy (SSC) regions were 17,468 bp and 17,241 bp in C. hexagyna and O. baccatus, respectively. Both genomes consisted of 113 genes: 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes and 4 rRNA genes. Repeat analysis showed that the plastid genome included all types of repeats, with more frequent occurrences of palindromic sequences. Comparative studies of SSR markers showed that there were 256 markers in C. hexagyna and 255 in O. baccatus; the majority of the SSRs in these plastid genomes were mononucleotide repeats (A/T). All the clusters in the phylogenetic tree had high support. This study reported the first complete plastid genomes of the genera Caylusea and Ochradenus and the first for the Resedaceae family.
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- Dhafer Alzahrani
- Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University Lokoja, Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biology, Umaru Musa Yaradua University, Katsina, Nigeria
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Silvério R. Mauad AV, Vieira LDN, Antônio de Baura V, Balsanelli E, Maltempi de Souza E, Chase MW, de Camargo Smidt E. Plastid phylogenomics of Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae): Conservative plastomes, new variable markers, and comparative analyses of plastid, nuclear, and mitochondrial data. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256126. [PMID: 34449781 PMCID: PMC8396723 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We present the first comparative plastome study of Pleurothallidinae with analyses of structural and molecular characteristics and identification of the ten most-variable regions to be incorporated in future phylogenetic studies. We sequenced complete plastomes of eight species in the subtribe and compared phylogenetic results of these to parallel analyses of their nuclear ribosomal DNA operon (26S, 18S, and 5.8S plus associated spacers) and partial mitochondrial genome sequences (29–38 genes and partial introns). These plastomes have the typical quadripartite structure for which gene content is similar to those of other orchids, with variation only in the composition of the ndh genes. The independent loss of ndh genes had an impact on which genes border the inverted repeats and thus the size of the small single-copy region, leading to variation in overall plastome length. Analyses of 68 coding sequences indicated the same pattern of codon usage as in other orchids, and 13 protein-coding genes under positive selection were detected. Also, we identified 62 polymorphic microsatellite loci and ten highly variable regions, for which we designed primers. Phylogenomic analyses showed that the top ten mutational hotspots represent well the phylogenetic relationships found with whole plastome sequences. However, strongly supported incongruence was observed among plastid, nuclear ribosomal DNA operon, and mitochondrial DNA trees, indicating possible occurrence of incomplete lineage sorting and/or introgressive hybridization. Despite the incongruence, the mtDNA tree retrieved some clades found in other analyses. These results, together with performance in recent studies, support a future role for mitochondrial markers in Pleurothallidinae phylogenetics.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- * E-mail: (AVSRM); (ECS)
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Comparative Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes of Four Medicinal Capparaceae Species: Genome Structures, Phylogenetic Relationships and Adaptive Evolution. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10061229. [PMID: 34204211 PMCID: PMC8234754 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This study presents for the first time the complete chloroplast genomes of four medicinal species in the Capparaceae family belonging to two different genera, Cadaba and Maerua (i.e., C. farinosa, C. glandulosa, M. crassifolia and M. oblongifolia), to investigate their evolutionary process and to infer their phylogenetic positions. The four species are considered important medicinal plants, and are used in the treatment of many diseases. In the genus Cadaba, the chloroplast genome ranges from 156,481 bp to 156,560 bp, while that of Maerua ranges from 155,685 bp to 155,436 bp. The chloroplast genome of C. farinosa, M. crassifolia and M. oblongifolia contains 138 genes, while that of C. glandulosa contains 137 genes, comprising 81 protein-coding genes, 31 tRNA genes and 4 rRNA genes. Out of the total genes, 116–117 are unique, while the remaining 19 are replicated in inverted repeat regions. The psbG gene, which encodes for subunit K of NADH dehydrogenase, is absent in C. glandulosa. A total of 249 microsatellites were found in the chloroplast genome of C. farinosa, 251 in C. glandulosa, 227 in M. crassifolia and 233 in M. oblongifolia, the majority of which are mononucleotides A/T found in the intergenic spacer. Comparative analysis revealed variable hotspot regions (atpF, rpoC2, rps19 and ycf1), which can be used as molecular markers for species authentication and as regions for inferring phylogenetic relationships among them, as well as for evolutionary studies. The monophyly of Capparaceae and other families under Brassicales, as well as the phylogenetic positions of the studied species, are highly supported by all the relationships in the phylogenetic tree. The cp genomes reported in this study will provide resources for studying the genetic diversity of Capparaceae, as well as resolving phylogenetic relationships within the family.
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Crosstalk of Multi-Omics Platforms with Plants of Therapeutic Importance. Cells 2021; 10:cells10061296. [PMID: 34071113 PMCID: PMC8224614 DOI: 10.3390/cells10061296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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From time immemorial, humans have exploited plants as a source of food and medicines. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded 21,000 plants with medicinal value out of 300,000 species available worldwide. The promising modern "multi-omics" platforms and tools have been proven as functional platforms able to endow us with comprehensive knowledge of the proteome, genome, transcriptome, and metabolome of medicinal plant systems so as to reveal the novel connected genetic (gene) pathways, proteins, regulator sequences and secondary metabolite (molecule) biosynthetic pathways of various drug and protein molecules from a variety of plants with therapeutic significance. This review paper endeavors to abridge the contemporary advancements in research areas of multi-omics and the information involved in decoding its prospective relevance to the utilization of plants with medicinal value in the present global scenario. The crosstalk of medicinal plants with genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics approaches will be discussed.
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Seven Complete Chloroplast Genomes from Symplocos: Genome Organization and Comparative Analysis. FORESTS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/f12050608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In the present study, chloroplast genome sequences of four species of Symplocos (S. chinensis for. pilosa, S. prunifolia, S. coreana, and S. tanakana) from South Korea were obtained by Ion Torrent sequencing and compared with the sequences of three previously reported Symplocos chloroplast genomes from different species. The length of the Symplocos chloroplast genome ranged from 156,961 to 157,365 bp. Overall, 132 genes including 87 functional genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes were identified in all Symplocos chloroplast genomes. The gene order and contents were highly similar across the seven species. The coding regions were more conserved than the non-coding regions, and the large single-copy and small single-copy regions were less conserved than the inverted repeat regions. We identified five new hotspot regions (rbcL, ycf4, psaJ, rpl22, and ycf1) that can be used as barcodes or species-specific Symplocos molecular markers. These four novel chloroplast genomes provide basic information on the plastid genome of Symplocos and enable better taxonomic characterization of this genus.
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Alzahrani D, Albokhari E, Yaradua S, Abba A. Complete chloroplast genome sequences of Dipterygium glaucum and Cleome chrysantha and other Cleomaceae Species, comparative analysis and phylogenetic relationships. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:2476-2490. [PMID: 33911961 PMCID: PMC8071925 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.01.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This current study presents, for the first time, the complete chloroplast genome of two Cleomaceae species: Dipterygium glaucum and Cleome chrysantha in order to evaluate the evolutionary relationship. The cp genome is 158,576 bp in length with 35.74% GC content in D. glaucum and 158,111 bp with 35.96% GC in C. chrysantha. Inverted repeats IR 26,209 bp, 26,251 bp each, LSC of 87,738 bp, 87,184 bp and SSC of 18,420 bp, 18,425 bp respectively. There are 136 genes in the genome, which includes 80 protein coding genes, 31 tRNA genes and four rRNA genes were observed in both chloroplast genomes. 117 genes are unique while the remaining 19 genes are duplicated in IR regions. The analysis of repeats shows that the cp genome includes all types of repeats with more frequent occurrences of palindromic; Also, this analysis indicates that the total number of simple sequence repeats (SSR) were 323 in D. glaucum, and 313 in C. chrysantha, of which the majority of the SSRs in these plastid genomes were mononucleotide repeats A/T which are located in the intergenic spacer. Moreover, the comparative analysis of the four cp sequences revealed four hotspot genes (atpF, rpoC2, rps19, and ycf1), these variable regions could be used as molecular makers for the species authentication as well as resources for inferring phylogenetic relationships of the species. All the relationships in the phylogenetic tree are with high support, this indicate that the complete chloroplast genome is a useful data for inferring phylogenetic relationship within the Cleomaceae and other families. The simple sequence repeats identified will be useful for identification, genetic diversity, and other evolutionary studies of the species. This study reported the first cp genome of the genus Dipterygium and Cleome. The finding of this study will be beneficial for biological disciplines such as evolutionary and genetic diversity studies of the species within the core Cleomaceae.
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- Dhafer Alzahrani
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biology, Umaru Musa Yaradua University, Katsina, Nigeria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria
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Serna-Sánchez MA, Pérez-Escobar OA, Bogarín D, Torres-Jimenez MF, Alvarez-Yela AC, Arcila-Galvis JE, Hall CF, de Barros F, Pinheiro F, Dodsworth S, Chase MW, Antonelli A, Arias T. Plastid phylogenomics resolves ambiguous relationships within the orchid family and provides a solid timeframe for biogeography and macroevolution. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6858. [PMID: 33767214 PMCID: PMC7994851 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83664-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Recent phylogenomic analyses based on the maternally inherited plastid organelle have enlightened evolutionary relationships between the subfamilies of Orchidaceae and most of the tribes. However, uncertainty remains within several subtribes and genera for which phylogenetic relationships have not ever been tested in a phylogenomic context. To address these knowledge-gaps, we here provide the most extensively sampled analysis of the orchid family to date, based on 78 plastid coding genes representing 264 species, 117 genera, 18 tribes and 28 subtribes. Divergence times are also provided as inferred from strict and relaxed molecular clocks and birth-death tree models. Our taxon sampling includes 51 newly sequenced plastid genomes produced by a genome skimming approach. We focus our sampling efforts on previously unplaced clades within tribes Cymbidieae and Epidendreae. Our results confirmed phylogenetic relationships in Orchidaceae as recovered in previous studies, most of which were recovered with maximum support (209 of the 262 tree branches). We provide for the first time a clear phylogenetic placement for Codonorchideae within subfamily Orchidoideae, and Podochilieae and Collabieae within subfamily Epidendroideae. We also identify relationships that have been persistently problematic across multiple studies, regardless of the different details of sampling and genomic datasets used for phylogenetic reconstructions. Our study provides an expanded, robust temporal phylogenomic framework of the Orchidaceae that paves the way for biogeographical and macroevolutionary studies.
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- Maria Alejandra Serna-Sánchez
- Laboratorio de Biología Comparativa, Corporación Para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Cra. 72 A No. 78 B 141, Medellín, Colombia
- Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation, EAFIT University, Cra. 49, No. 7 sur 50, Medellín, Colombia
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- Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, P. O. Box 302-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica
- Endless Forms Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Centro de Bioinformática y Biología Computacional (BIOS), Ecoparque Los Yarumos Edificio BIOS, Manizales, Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Biología Comparativa, Corporación Para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Cra. 72 A No. 78 B 141, Medellín, Colombia
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- Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa Orquídario Do Estado, Postal 68041, São Paulo, SP, 04045-972, Brasil
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- Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa Orquídario Do Estado, Postal 68041, São Paulo, SP, 04045-972, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Bedfordshire, University Square, Luton, LU1 3JU, UK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, TW9 3AE, UK
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Laboratorio de Biología Comparativa, Corporación Para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Cra. 72 A No. 78 B 141, Medellín, Colombia.
- Centro de Bioinformática y Biología Computacional (BIOS), Ecoparque Los Yarumos Edificio BIOS, Manizales, Colombia.
- Tecnológico de Antioquia, Calle 78B NO. 72A - 220, Medellín, Colombia.
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Bateman RM, Rudall PJ, Murphy ARM, Cowan RS, Devey DS, Peréz-Escobar OA. Whole plastomes are not enough: phylogenomic and morphometric exploration at multiple demographic levels of the bee orchid clade Ophrys sect. Sphegodes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:654-681. [PMID: 33449086 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plastid sequences have long dominated phylogeny reconstruction at all time depths, predicated on a usually untested assumption that they accurately represent the evolutionary histories of phenotypically circumscribed species. We combined detailed in situ morphometrics (124 plants) and whole-plastome sequencing through genome skimming (71 plants) in order to better understand species-level diversity and speciation in arguably the most challenging monophyletic group within the taxonomically controversial, pseudo-copulatory bee orchid genus Ophrys. Using trees and ordinations, we interpreted the data at four nested demographic levels-macrospecies, mesospecies, microspecies, and local population-seeking the optimal level for bona fide species. Neither morphological nor molecular discontinuities are evident at any level below macrospecies, the observed overlap among taxa suggesting that both mesospecies and microspecies reflect arbitrary division of a continuum of variation. Plastomes represent geographic location more strongly than taxonomic assignment and correlate poorly with morphology, suggesting widespread plastid capture and possibly post-glacial expansion from multiple southern refugia. As they are rarely directly involved in the speciation process, plastomes depend on extinction of intermediate lineages to provide phylogenetic signal and so cannot adequately document evolutionary radiations. The popular 'ethological' evolutionary model recognizes as numerous 'ecological species' (microspecies) lineages perceived as actively diverging as a result of density-dependent selection on very few features that immediately dictate extreme pollinator specificity. However, it is assumed rather than demonstrated that the many microspecies are genuinely diverging. We conversely envisage a complex four-dimensional reticulate network of lineages, generated locally and transiently through a wide spectrum of mechanisms, but each unlikely to maintain an independent evolutionary trajectory long enough to genuinely speciate by escaping ongoing gene flow. The frequent but localized microevolution that characterizes the Ophrys sphegodes complex is often convergent and rarely leads to macroevolution. Choosing between the contrasting 'discontinuity' and 'ethology' models will require next-generation sequencing of nuclear genomes plus ordination of corresponding morphometric matrices, seeking the crucial distinction between retained ancestral polymorphism-consistent with lineage divergence-and polymorphisms reflecting gene flow through 'hybridization'-more consistent with lineage convergence.
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Yuan C, Sha X, Xiong M, Zhong W, Wei Y, Li M, Tao S, Mou F, Peng F, Zhang C. Uncovering dynamic evolution in the plastid genome of seven Ligusticum species provides insights into species discrimination and phylogenetic implications. Sci Rep 2021; 11:988. [PMID: 33441833 PMCID: PMC7806627 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80225-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Ligusticum L., one of the largest members in Apiaceae, encompasses medicinally important plants, the taxonomic statuses of which have been proved to be difficult to resolve. In the current study, the complete chloroplast genomes of seven crucial plants of the best-known herbs in Ligusticum were presented. The seven genomes ranged from 148,275 to 148,564 bp in length with a highly conserved gene content, gene order and genomic arrangement. A shared dramatic decrease in genome size resulted from a lineage-specific inverted repeat (IR) contraction, which could potentially be a promising diagnostic character for taxonomic investigation of Ligusticum, was discovered, without affecting the synonymous rate. Although a higher variability was uncovered in hotspot divergence regions that were unevenly distributed across the chloroplast genome, a concatenated strategy for rapid species identification was proposed because separate fragments inadequately provided variation for fine resolution. Phylogenetic inference using plastid genome-scale data produced a concordant topology receiving a robust support value, which revealed that L. chuanxiong had a closer relationship with L. jeholense than L. sinense, and L. sinense cv. Fuxiong had a closer relationship to L. sinense than L. chuanxiong, for the first time. Our results not only furnish concrete evidence for clarifying Ligusticum taxonomy but also provide a solid foundation for further pharmaphylogenetic investigation.
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- Can Yuan
- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Cancer Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Zhejiang Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310012, Zhejiang, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China. .,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China.
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China. .,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China.
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Plastid Genomes of the Early Vascular Plant Genus Selaginella Have Unusual Direct Repeat Structures and Drastically Reduced Gene Numbers. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22020641. [PMID: 33440692 PMCID: PMC7827865 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The early vascular plants in the genus Selaginella, which is the sole genus of the Selaginellaceae family, have an important place in evolutionary history, along with ferns, as such plants are valuable resources for deciphering plant evolution. In this study, we sequenced and assembled the plastid genome (plastome) sequences of two Selaginella tamariscina individuals, as well as Selaginella stauntoniana and Selaginella involvens. Unlike the inverted repeat (IR) structures typically found in plant plastomes, Selaginella species had direct repeat (DR) structures, which were confirmed by Oxford Nanopore long-read sequence assembly. Comparative analyses of 19 lycophytes, including two Huperzia and one Isoetes species, revealed unique phylogenetic relationships between Selaginella species and related lycophytes, reflected by structural rearrangements involving two rounds of large inversions that resulted in dynamic changes between IR and DR blocks in the plastome sequence. Furthermore, we present other uncommon characteristics, including a small genome size, drastic reductions in gene and intron numbers, a high GC content, and extensive RNA editing. Although the 16 Selaginella species examined may not fully represent the genus, our findings suggest that Selaginella plastomes have undergone unique evolutionary events yielding genomic features unparalleled in other lycophytes, ferns, or seed plants.
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Li L, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Niu Z, Xue Q, Liu W, Ding X. The large single-copy (LSC) region functions as a highly effective and efficient molecular marker for accurate authentication of medicinal Dendrobium species. Acta Pharm Sin B 2020; 10:1989-2001. [PMID: 33163349 PMCID: PMC7606094 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2020.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Having great medicinal values, Dendrobium species of "Fengdou" (DSFs) are a taxonomically complex group in Dendrobium genus including many closely related and recently diverged species. Traditionally used DNA markers have been proved to be insufficient in authenticating many species of this group. Here, we investigated 101 complete plastomes from 23 DSFs, comprising 72 newly sequenced and 29 documented, which all exhibited well-conserved genomic organization and gene order. Plastome-wide comparison showed the co-occurrence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions/deletions (indels), which can be explained by both the repeat-associated and indel-associated mutation hypotheses. Moreover, guanine-cytosine (GC) content was found to be negatively correlated with the three divergence variables (SNPs, indels and repeats), indicating that GC content may reflect the level of the local sequence divergence. Our species authentication analyses revealed that the relaxed filtering strategies of sequence alignment had no negative impact on species identification. By assessing the maximum likelihood (ML) trees inferred from different datasets, we found that the complete plastome and large single-copy (LSC) datasets both successfully identified all 23 DSFs with the maximum bootstrap values. However, owing to the high efficiency of LSC in species identification, we recommend using LSC for accurate authentication of DSFs.
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- Ludan Li
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Tan W, Gao H, Jiang W, Zhang H, Yu X, Liu E, Tian X. The complete chloroplast genome of Gleditsia sinensis and Gleditsia japonica: genome organization, comparative analysis, and development of taxon specific DNA mini-barcodes. Sci Rep 2020; 10:16309. [PMID: 33005000 PMCID: PMC7529812 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73392-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Chloroplast genomes have been widely considered an informative and valuable resource for molecular marker development and phylogenetic reconstruction in plant species. This study evaluated the complete chloroplast genomes of the traditional Chinese medicine Gleditsia sinensis and G. japonica, an adulterant of the former. The complete chloroplast genomes of G. sinensis and G. japonica were found to be of sizes 163,175 bp and 162,391 bp, respectively. A total of 111 genes were identified in each chloroplast genome, including 77 coding sequences, 30 tRNA, and 4 rRNA genes. Comparative analysis demonstrated that the chloroplast genomes of these two species were highly conserved in genome size, GC contents, and gene organization. Additionally, nucleotide diversity analysis of the two chloroplast genomes revealed that the two short regions of ycf1b were highly diverse, and could be treated as mini-barcode candidate regions. The mini-barcode of primers ZJ818F-1038R was proven to precisely discriminate between these two species and reflect their biomass ratio accurately. Overall, the findings of our study will shed light on the genetic evolution and guide species identification of G. sinensis and G. japonica.
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- Wei Tan
- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poyang Lake Road 10, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poyang Lake Road 10, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poyang Lake Road 10, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poyang Lake Road 10, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poyang Lake Road 10, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poyang Lake Road 10, Tianjin, 301617, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poyang Lake Road 10, Tianjin, 301617, China.
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Wei L, Zhitao N, Qingyun X, Benhou Z, Xiaoyu D. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Dendrobium densiflorum and its phylogenetic implications. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2020; 5:3316-3317. [PMID: 33458149 PMCID: PMC7782869 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1816511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Dendrobium is one of the largest genera in Orchidaceae with approximately 1500 species. Many of them have been used as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for hundreds of years. Here, the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of D. densiflorum was reported and characterized. The complete cpDNA of D. densiflorum is a circular molecule of 153,122 bp, which contains 76 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. Our phylogenetic analysis indicated that the newly sequenced cpDNA of D. densiflorum could be used for the phylogenetic study of Dendrobium species.
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- Liu Wei
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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Zavala-Páez M, Vieira LDN, de Baura VA, Balsanelli E, de Souza EM, Cevallos MC, Chase MW, Smidt EDC. Comparative Plastid Genomics of Neotropical Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:799. [PMID: 32719690 PMCID: PMC7347972 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Pantropical Bulbophyllum, with ∼2,200 species, is one of the largest genera in Orchidaceae. Although phylogenetics and taxonomy of the ∼60 American species in the genus are generally well understood, some species complexes need more study to clearly delimit their component species and provide information about their evolutionary history. Previous research has suggested that the plastid genome includes phylogenetic markers capable of providing resolution at low taxonomic levels, and thus it could be an effective tool if these divergent regions can be identified. In this study, we sequenced the complete plastid genome of eight Bulbophyllum species, representing five of six Neotropical taxonomic sections. All plastomes conserve the typical quadripartite structure, and, although the general structure of plastid genomes is conserved, differences in ndh-gene composition and total length were detected. Total length was determined by contraction and expansion of the small single-copy region, a result of an independent loss of the seven ndh genes. Selection analyses indicated that protein-coding genes were generally well conserved, but in four genes, we identified 95 putative sites under positive selection. Furthermore, a total of 54 polymorphic simple sequence repeats were identified, for which we developed amplification primers. In addition, we propose 10 regions with potential to improve phylogenetic analyses of Neotropical Bulbophyllum species.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigación Nunkui Wakan, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Quito, Ecuador
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom
- Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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Köhler M, Reginato M, Souza-Chies TT, Majure LC. Insights Into Chloroplast Genome Evolution Across Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) Reveals Robust Yet Sometimes Conflicting Phylogenetic Topologies. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:729. [PMID: 32636853 PMCID: PMC7317007 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Chloroplast genomes (plastomes) are frequently treated as highly conserved among land plants. However, many lineages of vascular plants have experienced extensive structural rearrangements, including inversions and modifications to the size and content of genes. Cacti are one of these lineages, containing the smallest plastome known for an obligately photosynthetic angiosperm, including the loss of one copy of the inverted repeat (∼25 kb) and the ndh gene suite, but only a few cacti from the subfamily Cactoideae have been sufficiently characterized. Here, we investigated the variation of plastome sequences across the second-major lineage of the Cactaceae, the subfamily Opuntioideae, to address (1) how variable is the content and arrangement of chloroplast genome sequences across the subfamily, and (2) how phylogenetically informative are the plastome sequences for resolving major relationships among the clades of Opuntioideae. Our de novo assembly of the Opuntia quimilo plastome recovered an organelle of 150,347 bp in length with both copies of the inverted repeat and the presence of all the ndh gene suite. An expansion of the large single copy unit and a reduction of the small single copy unit was observed, including translocations and inversion of genes, as well as the putative pseudogenization of some loci. Comparative analyses among all clades within Opuntioideae suggested that plastome structure and content vary across taxa of this subfamily, with putative independent losses of the ndh gene suite and pseudogenization of genes across disparate lineages, further demonstrating the dynamic nature of plastomes in Cactaceae. Our plastome dataset was robust in resolving three tribes with high support within Opuntioideae: Cylindropuntieae, Tephrocacteae and Opuntieae. However, conflicting topologies were recovered among major clades when exploring different assemblies of markers. A plastome-wide survey for highly informative phylogenetic markers revealed previously unused regions for future use in Sanger-based studies, presenting a valuable dataset with primers designed for continued evolutionary studies across Cactaceae. These results bring new insights into the evolution of plastomes in cacti, suggesting that further analyses should be carried out to address how ecological drivers, physiological constraints and morphological traits of cacti may be related with the common rearrangements in plastomes that have been reported across the family.
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- Matias Köhler
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), Gainesville, FL, United States
- Department of Research, Conservation and Collections, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Feng S, Zheng K, Jiao K, Cai Y, Chen C, Mao Y, Wang L, Zhan X, Ying Q, Wang H. Complete chloroplast genomes of four Physalis species (Solanaceae): lights into genome structure, comparative analysis, and phylogenetic relationships. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:242. [PMID: 32466748 PMCID: PMC7254759 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02429-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Physalis L. is a genus of herbaceous plants of the family Solanaceae, which has important medicinal, edible, and ornamental values. The morphological characteristics of Physalis species are similar, and it is difficult to rapidly and accurately distinguish them based only on morphological characteristics. At present, the species classification and phylogeny of Physalis are still controversial. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of four Physalis species (Physalis angulata, P. alkekengi var. franchetii, P. minima and P. pubescens) were sequenced, and the first comprehensive cp genome analysis of Physalis was performed, which included the previously published cp genome sequence of Physalis peruviana. RESULTS The Physalis cp genomes exhibited typical quadripartite and circular structures, and were relatively conserved in their structure and gene synteny. However, the Physalis cp genomes showed obvious variations at four regional boundaries, especially those of the inverted repeat and the large single-copy regions. The cp genomes' lengths ranged from 156,578 bp to 157,007 bp. A total of 114 different genes, 80 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes, were observed in four new sequenced Physalis cp genomes. Differences in repeat sequences and simple sequence repeats were detected among the Physalis cp genomes. Phylogenetic relationships among 36 species of 11 genera of Solanaceae based on their cp genomes placed Physalis in the middle and upper part of the phylogenetic tree, with a monophyletic evolution having a 100% bootstrap value. CONCLUSION Our results enrich the data on the cp genomes of the genus Physalis. The availability of these cp genomes will provide abundant information for further species identification, increase the taxonomic and phylogenetic resolution of Physalis, and assist in the investigation and utilization of Physalis plants.
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- Shangguo Feng
- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- College of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
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Severe Plastid Genome Size Reduction in a Mycoheterotrophic Orchid, Danxiaorchis singchiana, Reveals Heavy Gene Loss and Gene Relocations. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9040521. [PMID: 32316476 PMCID: PMC7238169 DOI: 10.3390/plants9040521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Danxiaorchis singchiana (Orchidaceae) is a leafless mycoheterotrophic orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae. We sequenced the complete plastome of D. singchiana. The plastome has a reduced size of 87,931 bp, which includes a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 13,762 bp each that are separated by a large single copy (LSC) region of 42,575 bp and a small single copy (SSC) region of 17,831 bp. When compared to its sister taxa, Cremastra appendiculata and Corallorhiza striata var. involuta, D. singchiana showed an inverted gene block in the LSC and SSC regions. A total of 61 genes were predicted, including 21 tRNA, 4 rRNA, and 36 protein-coding genes. While most of the housekeeping genes were still intact and seem to be protein-coding, only four photosynthesis-related genes appeared presumably intact. The majority of the presumably intact protein-coding genes seem to have undergone purifying selection (dN/dS < 1), and only the psaC gene was positively selected (dN/dS > 1) when compared to that in Cr. appendiculata. Phylogenetic analysis of 26 complete plastome sequences from 24 species of the tribe Epidendreae had revealed that D. singchiana diverged after Cr. appendiculata and is sister to the genus Corallorhiza with strong bootstrap support (100%).
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Phylogenetic relationships of Atractylodes lancea, A. chinensis and A. macrocephala, revealed by complete plastome and nuclear gene sequences. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227610. [PMID: 31990944 PMCID: PMC6986703 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Atractylodes lancea, A. chinensis, and A. macrocephala are the three most widely used medicinal species of the Atractylodes genus. Their similar morphological features cause disagreement as whether they are three unique species, leading to their frequent misuses in medical products. Our study aimed to understand their relationships through both the complete plastome sequences and nuclear sequences, to identify molecular markers for their differentiation and explore the evolutionary relationships among three species. We sequenced, annotated, and analyzed the plastomes of these three species. The plastomes are 153,201, 153,258, and 153,265 bps in length for A. lancea, A. chinensis, and A. macrocephaly, respectively. Similar to other Asteraceae species, their plastomes exhibit typical quadripartite structures. Each plastome consists of 119 distinct genes, including 78 protein-coding, 37 tRNA, and 4 rRNA genes. Analyses of indels, single-nucleotide polymorphisms and simple sequence repeats, and comparison of plastomes showed high degree of conservation, leading to difficulty in the discovery of differentiating markers. We identified eleven potential molecular markers using an algorithm based on interspecific and intraspecific nucleotide diversity gaps. Validation experiments with fifty-five individuals from the three species collected from the botanical garden and fields confirmed that the marker cz11 could effectively distinguish samples from the three different species. Analysis of the several nuclear sequences suggests that the species of A. macrocephala may be a hybrid of A. lancea and A. chinensis. In summary, the results from this study highlight the complex relationships among of these three medicinal plants.
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Vu HT, Tran N, Nguyen TD, Vu QL, Bui MH, Le MT, Le L. Complete Chloroplast Genome of Paphiopedilum delenatii and Phylogenetic Relationships among Orchidaceae. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:E61. [PMID: 31906501 PMCID: PMC7020410 DOI: 10.3390/plants9010061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Paphiopedilum delenatii is a native orchid of Vietnam with highly attractive floral traits. Unfortunately, it is now listed as a critically endangered species with a few hundred individuals remaining in nature. In this study, we performed next-generation sequencing of P. delenatii and assembled its complete chloroplast genome. The whole chloroplast genome of P. delenatii was 160,955 bp in size, 35.6% of which was GC content, and exhibited typical quadripartite structure of plastid genomes with four distinct regions, including the large and small single-copy regions and a pair of inverted repeat regions. There were, in total, 130 genes annotated in the genome: 77 coding genes, 39 tRNA genes, 8 rRNA genes, and 6 pseudogenes. The loss of ndh genes and variation in inverted repeat (IR) boundaries as well as data of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and divergent hotspots provided useful information for identification applications and phylogenetic studies of Paphiopedilum species. Whole chloroplast genomes could be used as an effective super barcode for species identification or for developing other identification markers, which subsequently serves the conservation of Paphiopedilum species.
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- Huyen-Trang Vu
- Faculty of Biotechnology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, District 4, Hochiminh City 72820, Vietnam; (H.-T.V.); (T.-D.N.); (M.-H.B.)
- Faculty of Biotechnology, International University-Vietnam National University, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Hochiminh City 7000000, Vietnam; (N.T.); (M.-T.L.)
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, International University-Vietnam National University, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Hochiminh City 7000000, Vietnam; (N.T.); (M.-T.L.)
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, District 4, Hochiminh City 72820, Vietnam; (H.-T.V.); (T.-D.N.); (M.-H.B.)
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- Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Dalat 670000, Vietnam;
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, District 4, Hochiminh City 72820, Vietnam; (H.-T.V.); (T.-D.N.); (M.-H.B.)
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, International University-Vietnam National University, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Hochiminh City 7000000, Vietnam; (N.T.); (M.-T.L.)
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, International University-Vietnam National University, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Hochiminh City 7000000, Vietnam; (N.T.); (M.-T.L.)
- Vingroup Big Data Institute, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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Tang Y, Yang J, Niu Z, Ding X. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of a traditional Chinese medicine plant Bulbophyllum disciflorum Rolfe (Orchidaceae). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2019; 5:59-60. [PMID: 33366421 PMCID: PMC7720722 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1670112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Bulbophyllum disciflorum is one of Orchidaceae species, which has important ornamental and economic value. Here, we reported the first chloroplast genome sequence of Bulbophyllum. The genome of B. disciflorum is 148,554 bp in length, including a large single-copy (LSC) of 79,001 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) of 16,797 bp, and a pair of inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) of 26,378bp. It contains 108 unique genes consisting of 74 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that Bulbophyllum is sister to the genus of Dendrobium.
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- Yang Tang
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Technical Industrialization for Dendrobium, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Technical Industrialization for Dendrobium, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Technical Industrialization for Dendrobium, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.,Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Technical Industrialization for Dendrobium, Nanjing, China
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Zhang LJ, Ding R, Meng WW, Hu HL, Chen XH, Wu HH. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the threatened Cypripedium calceolus (Orchidaceae). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2019; 4:4220-4222. [PMID: 33366391 PMCID: PMC7707734 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1693933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The complete chloroplast genome of Cypripedium calceolus, a rare species in the family Orchidaceae was reported in this study. The genome size is 175,122 bp in length, and contains four sub-regions: 97,486 bp of large single copy (LSC) and 22,260 bp of small copy (SSC) regions, separated by 27,688 bp of inverted repeat (IR) regions. A total of 133 genes were annotated, including 87 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNA genes and 8 rRNA genes. The GC content of this cp genome is 34.36%. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a close relationship between C. calceolus with C. japonicum and C. formosanum. This is the first complete cp genome for C. calceolus that would be useful for conservation and phylogenetic studies of this species.
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- Li-Jie Zhang
- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Institute of Floriculture, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang, China
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Konhar R, Debnath M, Vishwakarma S, Bhattacharjee A, Sundar D, Tandon P, Dash D, Biswal DK. The complete chloroplast genome of Dendrobium nobile, an endangered medicinal orchid from north-east India and its comparison with related Dendrobium species. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7756. [PMID: 31695964 PMCID: PMC6830405 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The medicinal orchid genus Dendrobium belonging to the Orchidaceae family is a huge genus comprising about 800-1,500 species. To better illustrate the species status in the genus Dendrobium, a comparative analysis of 33 available chloroplast genomes retrieved from NCBI RefSeq database was compared with that of the first complete chloroplast genome of D. nobile from north-east India based on next-generation sequencing methods (Illumina HiSeq 2500-PE150). Our results provide comparative chloroplast genomic information for taxonomical identification, alignment-free phylogenomic inference and other statistical features of Dendrobium plastomes, which can also provide valuable information on their mutational events and sequence divergence.
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- Ruchishree Konhar
- Bioinformatics Centre, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
- Informatics and Big Data, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Biotech Park, Kursi road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Informatics and Big Data, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Lallemand F, Logacheva M, Le Clainche I, Bérard A, Zheleznaia E, May M, Jakalski M, Delannoy É, Le Paslier MC, Selosse MA. Thirteen New Plastid Genomes from Mixotrophic and Autotrophic Species Provide Insights into Heterotrophy Evolution in Neottieae Orchids. Genome Biol Evol 2019; 11:2457-2467. [PMID: 31396616 PMCID: PMC6733356 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mixotrophic species use both organic and mineral carbon sources. Some mixotrophic plants combine photosynthesis and a nutrition called mycoheterotrophy, where carbon is obtained from fungi forming mycorrhizal symbiosis with their roots. These species can lose photosynthetic abilities and evolve full mycoheterotrophy. Besides morphological changes, the latter transition is associated with a deep alteration of the plastid genome. Photosynthesis-related genes are lost first, followed by housekeeping genes, eventually resulting in a highly reduced genome. Whether relaxation of selective constraints already occurs for the plastid genome of mixotrophic species, which remain photosynthetic, is unclear. This is partly due to the difficulty of comparing plastid genomes of autotrophic, mixotrophic, and mycoheterotrophic species in a narrow phylogenetic framework. We address this question in the orchid tribe Neottieae, where this large assortment of nutrition types occurs. We sequenced 13 new plastid genomes, including 9 mixotrophic species and covering all 6 Neottieae genera. We investigated selective pressure on plastid genes in each nutrition type and conducted a phylogenetic inference of the group. Surprisingly, photosynthesis-related genes did not experience selection relaxation in mixotrophic species compared with autotrophic relatives. Conversely, we observed evidence for selection intensification for some plastid genes. Photosynthesis is thus still under purifying selection, maybe because of its role in fruit formation and thus reproductive success. Phylogenetic analysis resolved most relationships, but short branches at the base of the tree suggest an evolutionary radiation at the beginning of Neottieae history, which, we hypothesize, may be linked to mixotrophy emergence.
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- Félix Lallemand
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Moscow, Russia
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux (EPGV), INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux (EPGV), INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Timiryazev State Biological Museum, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Paris, France
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk, Poland
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Comparison of Four Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Medicinal and Ornamental Meconopsis Species: Genome Organization and Species Discrimination. Sci Rep 2019; 9:10567. [PMID: 31332227 PMCID: PMC6646306 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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High-throughput sequencing of chloroplast genomes has been used to gain insight into the evolutionary relationships of plant species. In this study, we sequenced the complete chloroplast genomes of four species in the Meconopsis genus: M. racemosa, M. integrifolia (Maxim.) Franch, M. horridula and M. punicea. These plants grow in the wild and are recognized as having important medicinal and ornamental applications. The sequencing results showed that the size of the Meconopsis chloroplast genome ranges from 151864 to 153816 bp. A total of 127 genes comprising 90 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes and 8 rRNA genes were observed in all four chloroplast genomes. Comparative analysis of the four chloroplast genomes revealed five hotspot regions (matK, rpoC2, petA, ndhF, and ycf1), which could potentially be used as unique molecular markers for species identification. In addition, the ycf1 gene may also be used as an effective molecular marker to distinguish Papaveraceae and determine the evolutionary relationships among plant species in the Papaveraceae family. Futhermore, these four genomes can provide valuable genetic information for other related studies.
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Do HDK, Jung J, Hyun J, Yoon SJ, Lim C, Park K, Kim JH. The newly developed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for a potentially medicinal plant, Crepidiastrum denticulatum (Asteraceae), inferred from complete chloroplast genome data. Mol Biol Rep 2019; 46:3287-3297. [PMID: 30980269 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-04789-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Medicinal effects of Crepidiastrum denticulatum have been previously reported. However, the genomic resources of this species and its applications have not been studied. In this study, based on the next generation sequencing method (Miseq sequencing system), we characterize the chloroplast genome of C. denticulatum which contains a large single copy (84,112 bp) and a small single copy (18,519 bp), separated by two inverted repeat regions (25,074 bp). This genome consists of 80 protein-coding gene, 30 tRNAs, and four rRNAs. Notably, the trnT_GGU is pseudogenized because of a small insertion within the coding region. Comparative genomic analysis reveals a high similarity among Asteraceae taxa. However, the junctions between LSC, SSC, and IRs locate in different positions within rps19 and ycf1 among examined species. Also, we describe a newly developed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker for C. denticulatum based on amplification-refractory mutation system (ARMS) technique. The markers, inferred from SNP in rbcL and matK genes, show effectiveness to recognize C. denticulatum from other related taxa through simple PCR protocol. The chloroplast genome-based molecular markers are effective to distinguish a potentially medicinal species, C. denticulatum, from other related taxa. Additionally, the complete chloroplast genome of C. denticulatum provides initial genomic data for further studies on phylogenomics, population genetics, and evolutionary history of Crepidiastrum as well as other taxa in Asteraceae.
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- Hoang Dang Khoa Do
- Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Incospharm Corp, 328 Techno-2-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Incospharm Corp, 328 Techno-2-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Incospharm Corp, 328 Techno-2-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120, Republic of Korea.
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Wang L, Zhang H, Jiang M, Chen H, Huang L, Liu C. Complete plastome sequence of Iodes cirrhosa Turcz., the first in the Icacinaceae, comparative genomic analyses and possible split of Idoes species in response to climate changes. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6663. [PMID: 30972252 PMCID: PMC6448556 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Plastome-based phylogenetic study has largely resolved the phylogeny of Icacinaceae. However, no single complete plastome sequence is available for Icacinaceae species, thereby limiting the further phylogenomics analysis of the members of this family. Here, we obtained the complete plastome sequence of Iodes cirrhosa Turcz., which is the first in Icacinaceae, by using the next-generation sequencing technology. The genome was annotated and compared with other closely related plastomes by using mVISTA. The divergence time of six Iodes species was analyzed using the BEAST software. The plastome of I. cirrhosa was 151,994 bp long, with a pair of inverted repeats (IRs, 24,973 bp) separated by a large single-copy (LSC, 84,527 bp) region and a small single-copy (SSC, 17,521 bp) region. The plastome encoded 112 unique genes, including 80 protein-coding, 28 tRNA, and four rRNA genes. Approximately 59 repeat sequences and 188 simple sequence repeats were identified. Four pairs of partially overlapped genes, namely, psbD/psbC, ndhF/Ψycf1, atpB/atpE, and rpl22/rps3, were observed. A comparison of the boundaries of the LSC, SSC, and IR regions with four other plastomes from Aquifoliales and Sapindales exhibited a high overall degree of sequence similarity. Four most highly variable regions, namely, trnH-GUG/psbA, psbM/trnD-GUC, petA/psbJ, and rps16/trnQ-UUG, were found. Using the plastome of I. cirrhosa as reference, we reassembled the plastomes of five Iodes species. K a/K s ratio analyses revealed that 27 genes and 52 amino acid residue sites from 11 genes had undergone strong positive selection in the Iodes branch, with the most abundant proteins being the NDH and ribosomal proteins. Divergence-time analysis indicated that Iodes species were first formed 34.40 million years ago. Results revealed that the ancestor of the six species was likely to have split in the late Eocene epoch. In summary, the first complete plastome sequence of I. cirrhosa provided valuable information regarding the evolutionary processes of Iodes species.
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- Liqiang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine from Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine from Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine from Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine from Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine from Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine from Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Accurate authentication of Dendrobium officinale and its closely related species by comparative analysis of complete plastomes. Acta Pharm Sin B 2018; 8:969-980. [PMID: 30505665 PMCID: PMC6251949 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2018.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Owing to its great medicinal and ornamental values, Dendrobium officinale is frequently adulterated with other Dendrobium species on the market. Unfortunately, the utilization of the common DNA markers ITS, ITS2, and matK+rbcL is unable to distinguish D. officinale from 5 closely related species of it (D. tosaense, D. shixingense, D. flexicaule, D. scoriarum and D. aduncum). Here, we compared 63 Dendrobium plastomes comprising 40 newly sequenced plastomes of the 6 species and 23 previously published plastomes. The plastomes of D. officinale and its closely related species were shown to have conserved genome structure and gene content. Comparative analyses revealed that small single copy region contained higher variation than large single copy and inverted repeat regions, which was mainly attributed to the loss/retention of ndh genes. Furthermore, the intraspecific sequence variability among different Dendrobium species was shown to be diversified, which necessitates a cautious evaluation of genetic markers specific for different Dendrobium species. By evaluating the maximum likelihood trees inferred from different datasets, we found that the complete plastome sequence dataset had the highest discriminatory power for D. officinale and its closely related species, indicating that complete plastome sequences can be used to accurately authenticate Dendrobium species.
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Key Words
- Authentication
- BS, bootstrap value
- CE, capillary electrophoresis
- Complete plastome sequence
- Dendrobium officinale
- Genetic marker
- HPLC, high-pressure liquid chromatography
- IR, inverted repeat region
- Indels, insertions/deletions
- LSC, large single copy region
- ML, maximum likelihood
- NGS, next-generation sequencing
- Plastomic comparison
- SNPs, single nucleotide polymorphisms
- SSC, small single copy region
- SV, sequence variability.
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Zheng SG, Hu YD, Zhao RX, Yan S, Zhang XQ, Zhao TM, Chun Z. Genome-wide researches and applications on Dendrobium. PLANTA 2018; 248:769-784. [PMID: 30066218 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-018-2960-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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This review summarizes current knowledge of chromosome characterization, genetic mapping, genomic sequencing, quality formation, floral transition, propagation, and identification in Dendrobium. The widely distributed Dendrobium has been studied for a long history, due to its important economic values in both medicine and ornamental. In recent years, some species of Dendrobium and other orchids had been reported on genomic sequences, using the next-generation sequencing technology. And the chloroplast genomes of many Dendrobium species were also revealed. The chromosomes of most Dendrobium species belong to mini-chromosomes, and showed 2n = 38. Only a few of genetic studies were reported in Dendrobium. After revealing of genomic sequences, the techniques of transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics could be employed on Dendrobium easily. Some other molecular biological techniques, such as gene cloning, gene editing, genetic transformation and molecular marker developing, had also been applied on the basic research of Dendrobium, successively. As medicinal plants, insights into the biosynthesis of some medicinal components were the most important. As ornamental plants, regulation of flower related characteristics was the most important. More, knowledge of growth and development, environmental interaction, evolutionary analysis, breeding of new cultivars, propagation, and identification of species and herbs were also required for commercial usage. All of these studies were improved using genomic sequences and related technologies. To answer some key scientific issues in Dendrobium, quality formation, flowering, self-incompatibility and seed germination would be the focus of future research. And genome related technologies and studies would be helpful.
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- Shi-Gang Zheng
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100041, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100041, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100041, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Roma L, Cozzolino S, Schlüter PM, Scopece G, Cafasso D. The complete plastid genomes of Ophrys iricolor and O. sphegodes (Orchidaceae) and comparative analyses with other orchids. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0204174. [PMID: 30226857 PMCID: PMC6143245 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Sexually deceptive orchids of the genus Ophrys may rapidly evolve by adaptation to pollinators. However, understanding of the genetic basis of potential changes and patterns of relationships is hampered by a lack of genomic information. We report the complete plastid genome sequences of Ophrys iricolor and O. sphegodes, representing the two most species-rich lineages of the genus Ophrys. Both plastomes are circular DNA molecules (146754 bp for O. sphegodes and 150177 bp for O. iricolor) with the typical quadripartite structure of plastid genomes and within the average size of photosynthetic orchids. 213 Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) (31.5% polymorphic between O. iricolor and O. sphegodes) were identified, with homopolymers and dipolymers as the most common repeat types. SSRs were mainly located in intergenic regions but SSRs located in coding regions were also found, mainly in ycf1 and rpoC2 genes. The Ophrys plastome is predicted to encode 107 distinct genes, 17 of which are completely duplicated in the Inverted Repeat regions. 83 and 87 putative RNA editing sites were detected in 25 plastid genes of the two Ophrys species, all occurring in the first or second codon position. Comparing the rate of nonsynonymous (dN) and synonymous (dS) substitutions, 24 genes (including rbcL and ycf1) display signature consistent with positive selection. When compared with other members of the orchid family, the Ophrys plastome has a complete set of 11 functional ndh plastid genes, with the exception of O. sphegodes that has a truncated ndhF gene. Comparative analysis showed a large co-linearity with other related Orchidinae. However, in contrast to O. iricolor and other Orchidinae, O. sphegodes has a shift of the junction between the Inverted Repeat and Small Single Copy regions associated with the loss of the partial duplicated gene ycf1 and the truncation of the ndhF gene. Data on relative genomic coverage and validation by PCR indicate the presence, with a different ratio, of the two plastome types (i.e. with and without ndhF deletion) in both Ophrys species, with a predominance of the deleted type in O. sphegodes. A search for this deleted plastid region in O. sphegodes nuclear genome shows that the deleted region is inserted in a retrotransposon nuclear sequence. The present study provides useful genomic tools for studying conservation and patterns of relationships of this rapidly radiating orchid genus.
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- Luca Roma
- Department of Biology, University Federico II of Naples, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University Federico II of Naples, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Botany, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University Federico II of Naples, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University Federico II of Naples, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy
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de Abreu NL, Alves RJV, Cardoso SRS, Bertrand YJ, Sousa F, Hall CF, Pfeil BE, Antonelli A. The use of chloroplast genome sequences to solve phylogenetic incongruences in Polystachya Hook (Orchidaceae Juss). PeerJ 2018; 6:e4916. [PMID: 29922511 PMCID: PMC6005162 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Current evidence suggests that for more robust estimates of species tree and divergence times, several unlinked genes are required. However, most phylogenetic trees for non-model organisms are based on single sequences or just a few regions, using traditional sequencing methods. Techniques for massive parallel sequencing or next generation sequencing (NGS) are an alternative to traditional methods that allow access to hundreds of DNA regions. Here we use this approach to resolve the phylogenetic incongruence found in Polystachya Hook. (Orchidaceae), a genus that stands out due to several interesting aspects, including cytological (polyploid and diploid species), evolutionary (reticulate evolution) and biogeographical (species widely distributed in the tropics and high endemism in Brazil). The genus has a notoriously complicated taxonomy, with several sections that are widely used but probably not monophyletic. METHODS We generated the complete plastid genome of 40 individuals from one clade within the genus. The method consisted in construction of genomic libraries, hybridization to RNA probes designed from available sequences of a related species, and subsequent sequencing of the product. We also tested how well a smaller sample of the plastid genome would perform in phylogenetic inference in two ways: by duplicating a fast region and analyzing multiple copies of this dataset, and by sampling without replacement from all non-coding regions in our alignment. We further examined the phylogenetic implications of non-coding sequences that appear to have undergone hairpin inversions (reverse complemented sequences associated with small loops). RESULTS We retrieved 131,214 bp, including coding and non-coding regions of the plastid genome. The phylogeny was able to fully resolve the relationships among all species in the targeted clade with high support values. The first divergent species are represented by African accessions and the most recent ones are among Neotropical species. DISCUSSION Our results indicate that using the entire plastid genome is a better option than screening highly variable markers, especially when the expected tree is likely to contain many short branches. The phylogeny inferred is consistent with the proposed origin of the genus, showing a probable origin in Africa, with later dispersal into the Neotropics, as evidenced by a clade containing all Neotropical individuals. The multiple positions of Polystachya concreta (Jacq.) Garay & Sweet in the phylogeny are explained by allotetraploidy. Polystachya estrellensis Rchb.f. can be considered a genetically distinct species from P. concreta and P. foliosa (Lindl.) Rchb.f., but the delimitation of P. concreta remains uncertain. Our study shows that NGS provides a powerful tool for inferring relationships at low taxonomic levels, even in taxonomically challenging groups with short branches and intricate morphology.
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- Narjara Lopes de Abreu
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
- Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Diretoria de Pesquisa Científica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
- Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Campus Três Lagoas, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Göteborg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Göteborg, Sweden
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Niu Z, Pan J, Xue Q, Zhu S, Liu W, Ding X. Plastome-wide comparison reveals new SNV resources for the authentication of Dendrobium huoshanense and its corresponding medicinal slice (Huoshan Fengdou). Acta Pharm Sin B 2018; 8:466-477. [PMID: 29881686 PMCID: PMC5989833 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dendrobium species and their corresponding medicinal slices have been extensively used as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in many Asian countries. However, it is extremely difficult to identify Dendrobium species based on their morphological and chemical features. In this study, the plastomes of D. huoshanense were used as a model system to investigate the hypothesis that plastomic mutational hotspot regions could provide a useful single nucleotide variants (SNVs) resource for authentication studies. We surveyed the plastomes of 17 Dendrobium species, including the newly sequenced plastome of D. huoshanense. A total of 19 SNVs that could be used for the authentication of D. huoshanense were detected. On the basis of this comprehensive comparison, we identified the four most informative hotspot regions in the Dendrobium plastome that encompass ccsA to ndhF, matK to 3'trnG, rpoB to psbD, and trnT to rbcL. Furthermore, to established a simple and accurate method for the authentication of D. huoshanense and its medicinal slices, a total of 127 samples from 20 Dendrobium species including their corresponding medicinal slices (Fengdous) were used in this study. Our results suggest that D. huoshanense and its medicinal slices can be rapidly and unequivocally identified using this method that combines real-time PCR with the amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS).
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Characterization and Comparative Analysis of the Complete Chloroplast Genome of the Critically Endangered Species Streptocarpus teitensis (Gesneriaceae). BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 2018:1507847. [PMID: 29770326 PMCID: PMC5889905 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1507847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Streptocarpus teitensis (Gesneriaceae) is an endemic species listed as critically endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species. However, the sequence and genome information of this species remains to be limited. In this article, we present the complete chloroplast genome structure of Streptocarpus teitensis and its evolution inferred through comparative studies with other related species. S. teitensis displayed a chloroplast genome size of 153,207 bp, sheltering a pair of inverted repeats (IR) of 25,402 bp each split by small and large single-copy (SSC and LSC) regions of 18,300 and 84,103 bp, respectively. The chloroplast genome was observed to contain 116 unique genes, of which 80 are protein-coding, 32 are transfer RNAs, and four are ribosomal RNAs. In addition, a total of 196 SSR markers were detected in the chloroplast genome of Streptocarpus teitensis with mononucleotides (57.1%) being the majority, followed by trinucleotides (33.2%) and dinucleotides and tetranucleotides (both 4.1%), and pentanucleotides being the least (1.5%). Genome alignment indicated that this genome was comparable to other sequenced members of order Lamiales. The phylogenetic analysis suggested that Streptocarpus teitensis is closely related to Lysionotus pauciflorus and Dorcoceras hygrometricum.
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